ISIS launches smartphone app that broadcasts beheadings

The ISIS smartphone app comes after social media websites have started cracking down on ISIS by removing their channels from their platforms.

TOI Tech

December 10, 2015, 08:32 IST

The ISIS smartphone app comes after social media websites have started cracking down on ISIS by removing their channels from their platforms.NEW DELHI: ISIS has released a smartphone app for Android devices in order to broadcast videos and share messages from terrorists.

Discovered by hacktivist group Ghost Security, the app named Amaq Agency app is not available for download from the Google Play Store, according to a report by The Sun. The link to download the app is shared between terrorists privately, but was discovered by the hacktivists, which have been trying to disrupt ISIS' activities on the internet.

This app comes after social media websites have started cracking down on ISIS by removing their channels from their platforms.

Platforms like Telegram, which offer encrypted messaging, have come under fire for being heavily used ISIS. The links to Amaq Agency app are reportedly being shared by the terror group using Telegram.

Due to the pressure on it, Telegram has shut down several channels associated with ISIS.